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...story--which was, essentially, that Clinton, who was then Governor, noticed her at a desk in the lobby of the Excelsior Hotel in Little Rock, where she was handing out name tags for a conference, had a state trooper bring her to a private room, and there made a crude request for oral sex, in the process giving her a look at what she would later call the "distinguishing characteristics" of his genital area. In fact, the idea that Clinton would drop his shorts in front of a woman he had just met initially sounded unbelievable, even to Gennifer Flowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE START OF THE DEAL | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...people bored by Heaven, such as the Statue; the Devil is an amiable aesthete with a nihilistic view of man's destiny; and Don Juan himself is a man bored by the mindless hedonism of Hell and consumed with the idea of a Superman--a being detached from crude physicalities and endowed with a perfection of intellect that marks the final step of human evolution. Don Juan and the Devil engage in a lengthy debate that ends with Don Juan's going off to Heaven for more thorough contemplation of his ideas...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: Man, Woman Create Life Force | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

Zoeller's remarks not only reflect bad taste and poor judgment, but also illustrate how some people's conception of humor is a flippant reference to a crude stereotype. It is even more discouraging to note that Zoeller does not seem to understand that he did not merely make a bad joke, but that what he said was racist. Zoeller has not demonstrated any true remorse for his statements or even expressed an understanding of why he should not have attempted to make a wisecrack about fried chicken. His "apology" could have easily been prompted by his publicist...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: The Ugly Side of Sports | 4/23/1997 | See Source »

Christopher W. Bruce, crime analyst for the Cambridge Police Department (CPD), said, "One or two [break-ins] seem professional, while the others seem rather crude, just smash and grabs with not much savvy to them...

Author: By Aby. Fung, | Title: String of Crime Plagues Mass Ave. Businesses | 3/8/1997 | See Source »

...possibly at the memory of some past indignity he had survived on his roller-coaster ride between history and oblivion. His hands gestured constantly, and until his family stopped him, he chain-smoked. To those in thrall to the urbane charm of his old ally Zhou Enlai, Deng seemed crude, speaking with a guttural Sichuanese accent and always keeping a spittoon next to his chair. His size--he was truly tiny--did not seem to diminish him, partly because he exuded enormous energy and sharp focus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUCH TOO TOUGH TO BE CUTE | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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